Naturally Healthy Hair: Herb Tea and Essential Oil Treatment Recipes

It’s no new discovery that women love their hair. Even in this day and age men are beginning to form a close relationship with their tresses. However in the quest for beautiful and luxurious hair we foolishly bombard our delicate follicles with toxic sprays, serums, and dyes. Our hair as a result becomes lifeless dull, and the opposite of everything that we wanted. So why do we continue slathering on harmful hair products when we can look to nature to heal our hair? Beats me. So now finding a healthy natural way to tame my hair has been my quest since the beginning of the year. In high school I completely damaged my hair. I flat iron straightened it, smeared on serums that I knew would be bad, and I dyed my hair a different color every two months. Needless to say my hair was dull and straw like. I did all of this without thinking that there would be any consequences; so I set out to try and reclaim my hair and change the way I care for it. I hope to help you all do the same with these hair rinses and treatments. Enjoy your lovely tresses—-CMY

Rosemary
Essential Oil- Also contains antibacterial properties (Not as strong as Tea Tree) but most importantly for me it promotes hair growth in those with hair loss and thin hair. It also has a darkening effect on dark hair making it richer in color.

Nettle Leaf- Great scalp itch reliever and is great for increasing the shine factor in your hair.

(All ingredients used for these recipes are organic and all recipes are original)

Lavender Tea Tree Rinse

2 cups water

1 heaping tablespoon of Lavender Flowers

5-8 drops Tea Tree Essential Oil

Put your two cups of water in a pot and bring to a gentle simmer. Turn off heat and remove pot from burner and add your lavender flowers. Stir your flowers gently so they all get wet because they will want to float. Let your lavender flowers steep for 5-10 minutes. Now only when your lavender tea has cooled down to a temperature that is warm but comfortable on your skin add your tea tree oil and stir. Brush your hair to remove any loose hairs and then begin to pour your lavender tea tree rinse over your hair. Have a bowl to catch the rinse that falls off of your hair so you can use it again. I suggest you run this rinse through your hair a few times and then let it sit for a few minutes so your hair can soak up its benefits. Then shampoo it out. (You can follow your rinse with the same oil treatment for the dry and aging hair then shampoo)

(I have now transitioned to using baby shampoo only with any essential oils I desire added into it. I find it very gentle and it doesn’t dry out my hair. I also do not use conditioner anymore.)

Bring the two cups of water to a gently simmer and add the rose petals. Let the rose petals steep for 5-10 minutes. Now only when your rose tea has cooled down to a temperature that is warm but comfortable on your skin can you begin your rinse. Brush your hair to remove any loose hairs and then begin to pour your rose petal rinse over your hair. Have a bowl to catch the rinse that falls off of your hair so you can use it again. I suggest you run this rinse through your hair a few times and then let it sit for a few minutes so your hair can soak up its benefits. Wring out any excess rinse and now you can move on to your oil treatment. Place the Rosehip Seed Oil in a small bowl and add your rosemary essential oil. Blend them well. Place the oil mixture in the palm of your hands and warm them up by rubbing your hands together. Now gently and evenly distribute the oil from tips to roots so you do not have an excess of oil on the top of your head. Now take a dry warm towel and wrap your hair in it and let the oil soak in for 30 minutes to 1 hour. Shampoo the oils out and style consciously.

Put your two cups of water in a pot and bring to a gentle simmer. Turn off heat and remove pot from burner and add your Nettle Leaf. Let the nettle leaf steep for 5-10 minutes. Now only when your nettle tea has cooled down to a temperature that is warm but comfortable on your skin add your peppermint oil, stir, and begin your rinse. Brush your hair to remove any loose hairs and then begin to pour your nettle mint rinse over your hair. Have a bowl to catch the rinse that falls off of your hair so you can use it again. I suggest you run this rinse through your hair a few times and then let it sit for a few minutes so your hair can soak up its benefits. Shampoo out. (You can follow your rinse with the same oil treatment for the dry and aging hair then shampoo)

I hope you all like these hair rinses and treatments. They are natural and organic and they really work. I have religiously stuck to using only the healthiest ingredients for my hair and I have seen a considerable improvement in growth, color, strength, and shine. I hope they work for you too. Much love—-Christina

My Painful and Miraculous Tea Tree Oil Story

One day about two weeks ago I found myself home alone and hungry. I decided to go to my cupboard and grab a can of red kidney beans so I can make my Grandma’s famous adobo beans and rice. I somehow fumbled this jumbo can of beans and it fell straight onto my left thumb forcefully breaking a piece of my nail off. Needless to say I was swearing up a storm and bleeding so I rushed to the sink to rinse my wound. My old self would have normally run to the bottle of peroxide but I remembered my small bottle of Tea Tree Essential Oil.

Up until then I had only considered using it for acne treatments even though I was aware of its powerful antibacterial properties. What the heck I said I’m in pain and I need to clean this now disfigured nail out. So I took a clean bowl filled it with warm water and added a hefty dose of tea tree oil. I soaked my thumb for several minutes then simply dried it off gently with a tissue. I only soaked my thumb twice using this method and only on the day of the injury. My thumb was pink and healthy looking and the bleeding had stopped immediately. I had no infection and no discomfort after the horrible event. Now as I am writing this I look at my nail and the missing piece has pretty much completely grown in. There is no pain and not even a sign of an injury. I used nature as my medicine and it healed me. All I can say is get yourself a bottle today. (Oh and I cooked and ate those beans to stick it to them…evil laugh)